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A New Approach to Evaluate Collision Probabilities Among Asteroids, Comets,and Kuiper Belt Objects
J. C. Liou,Donald J. Kessler,Mark Matney,G. Stansbery +3 more
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A sensitivity study of the effectiveness of active debris removal in LEO
TL;DR: In this article, a removal criterion based upon mass and collision probability is developed to rank objects at the beginning of each projection year, with removal rates ranging from 2 to 20 objects per year, starting in the year 2020.
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Collision activities in the future orbital debris environment
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed potential collision activities among orbiting objects for the next 100 years from the low Earth orbit, medium Earth orbit (MEO), to geosynchronous orbit (GEO) regions.
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The many futures of active debris removal
Adam E. White,Hugh G. Lewis +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of four key parameters describing launch and explosion rates, the magnitude of solar activity and the level of post-mission disposal compliance on the effectiveness of active debris removal (ADR) to reduce the LEO debris population was investigated.
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A statistical analysis of the future debris environment
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed results from 200 Monte Carlo simulations of the future debris environment, using the NASA long-term orbital debris evolutionary model LEGEND, and analyzed the projected debris populations in terms of the mean, median, standard deviation, standard error, and the distribution of the debris populations at the end of the 100-year projection.
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Identifying the 50 statistically-most-concerning derelict objects in LEO
Darren S. McKnight,Rachel Witner,Francesca Letizia,Stijn Lemmens,Luciano Anselmo,Carmen Pardini,Alessandro Rossi,Chris Kunstadter,Satomi Kawamoto,Vladimir S. Aslanov,Juan-Carlos Dolado Perez,Vincent Ruch,Hugh G. Lewis,Mike Nicolls,Liu Jing,Shen Dan,Wang Dongfang,A. A. Baranov,D. A. Grishko +18 more
TL;DR: This cooperative international assessment provides a useful ranking of the most hazardous massive derelicts in low Earth orbit as a prioritized list for remediation to enhance space safety and assure long-term space sustainability.